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This is a drawing of a donkey standing beside a tree with a figure draped over its back. The scene depicts a rural landscape with a single tree to the left, and the donkey standing on a rocky terrain under a sky with stylized clouds. The figure is lying across the donkey's back. The illustration employs a monochrome palette, executed with fine lines and shading to convey texture and depth. Below the image, there is some text in Italian.
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This is a drawing of a donkey standing beside a tree with a figure draped over its back. The scene depicts a rural landscape with a single tree to the left, and the donkey standing on a rocky terrain under a sky with stylized clouds. The figure is lying across the donkey's back. The illustration employs a monochrome palette, executed with fine lines and shading to convey texture and depth. Below the image, there is some text in Italian.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bertoldino Lying on a Donkey

Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Ludovico Mattioli

Date
c. 1710/1715
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.8 × 14.6 cm (9 × 5 3/4 in.) sheet: 31 × 19.3 cm (12 3/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2020.43.7
Credit line
William B. O'Neal Fund
Time span
1701 to 1725
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (plate 7)
Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2020 by NGA.

NGA object ID 220488. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.